theScrapBook t1_j9eghek wrote on February 21, 2023 at 9:16 AM

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CH4.

PainIntheButtocksKek t1_j9egnch wrote on February 21, 2023 at 9:19 AM

CH3 is short version of ethane i believe,full molecule is C2H6 ...while CH4 is methane...oh,thanks for the comment just realized where I fked up in prior comments... wasn't really paying attention

theScrapBook t1_j9evpyl wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:34 PM

CH3 is not short for C2H6, it means something entirely different (usually it's the formula for a methyl carbocation, when written as CH3^+ ). Chemical formulae are not just ratios of elements, they also have information about possible structure and charge of the species involved.